MB&F HM4 Kittyhawk
Maximilian Büsser and his MB&F celebrate the 10th anniversary of Horological Machine N° 4 with a one-off piece named HM4 Kittyhawk.
Longines Master Collection Avigation L2.640.4
The Longines Avigation L2.640.4 is an attractive take on the large-size pilot’s watch at 47.5 mm diameter. Hand wound, it dates to 2000-2010.
Top ten hand-wound watches under €1,500
A mechanical watch is a throwback to a different age, the age before electronics, when watchmakers were engaged in the struggle to turn a heap of metal into a machine that would vibrate at a constant frequency whatever the position, temperature and circumstances. Today a mechanical watch is itself a distinctive product. Even more so…
Berthet Vintage Aviateur H46
The watch named Vintage, reference H46, by Berthet is in the early aviator style, with large luminescent Art Deco style numerals, a hand-wound movement, and an attractive price.
IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition 150 Years
The IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “150 Years” is a beautiful, minimalist watch. I particularly like the way the date window is camouflaged, almost part of the circuit of hour numerals. It’s satisfyingly large at 43.2 mm diameter and relatively slim at 12.2 mm thickness. The white lacquer dial highlights the blued hands and…
Christopher Ward C5 Malvern 595
The C5 Malvern 595 by Christopher Ward is a really lovely watch. The 595 in its name refers to the thickness, which is just 5.95 mm. The Malvern case is 39 mm in diameter, with sleep sloping lugs and polished finish. The opaline dial comes in two variants, white or grey, with sloping hands and…
Baume & Mercier Clifton Manual 1830
This watch is interesting in several ways. It shows that Baume & Mercier, a brand that has dedicated a lot of effort to reducing the prices of its entry-level watches, is also committed to movement innovation in higher-end pieces. The Clifton Manual 1830 is in red gold and has a new movement with a hairspring…
Archimede Pilot HW 42 in slim case
Archimede have introduced a new, slim pilot’s watch. The Pilot HW 42 has a hand-wound movement (Sellita SW 215), whose thickness of 3.35 mm enables a case size of just 8.6 mm. This compares to the 9.9 mm of the brand’s automatic Pilot’s 42. Display caseback The watch has a sapphire crystal caseback that reveals…